HOWTO: Install D-Link DWL-120+ with ndiswrapper

[henrikfromnorway]

Yes, I know this sounds stupid. I was going to install the MA111, but I couldn't find it. So, just for trying, I tried with the D-Link DWL-120+.


First, you need the Netgear MA111 v1 (!!!) drivers.

Download them at netgear.com. in the 2.5Beta-zip, it's a couple of files.

you need the four NETMA111.INF-files, and the MA111nd5.sys-files.

i used winzip to zip them over to an USB-jumpdrive, and i got them in folders called /Drivers/Win98, /Drivers/WinNT, /Drivers/Win2000, /Drivers/WinXP.

Unpack them to your home folder. Let them stay in /Drivers/WinVERSION, but rename the root-folder of the files to something easy.

Then install ndiswrapper.

sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-utils

When that's done, type

sudo -s

ndiswrapper -i /folder/with/netgear/ma111/Drivers/Win98/NETMA111.INF

Install the Windows98-drivers. You can also try with the XP, but it worked for me with 98. (I didn't try the others)

ndiswrapper -l

Then you should see somthing like this:

root@westbeach:~# ndiswrapper -l
installed ndis drivers
NETMA111.INF                driver present, hardware present

(i don't have the box accessible right now, so i'm not 110% sure)

If not, remove the NETMA111-driver, and try again with another Windows-version.

ndiswrapper -e NETMA111.INF

Then

sudo ifdown wlan0
sudo ifup wlan0

Reboot, and configure it the way you want to!
I like to use Gnome Network Tools.

ENJOY!

[hilander]

how do I remove the drive it it does not work??
It is probably stupid,,but is the fist time I am using linux...hope you guys understand

[boxall]

Henriks instructions are for Ubuntu 6.06. Has anyone managed to use a D-Link DWL-120+ with Ubuntu 7.04 yet???

I only installed Ubuntu this week as my first go with Linux so please keep the instructions simple

Thanks

[Ouoertheo]

No luck with this method in 7.07